He added that most councils would rather "convince and persuade" residents to adopt the scheme, rather than be "draconian".

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Surely the Bush administration is the clumsiest in recent memory, with Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld torpedoing Colin Powell's attempts to persuade and convince with their brusque language and offensive lack of respect for other countries?

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Roger Dooley is the author of Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing (Wiley, 2011).

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What I want to know is whether the United States, as a major contributor to the IMF, would support the new elected Greek government in their efforts, in the Greek efforts to convince, to persuade Europeans and the IMF to ease the austerity measures and to boost -- to take steps towards growth -- towards boosting growth.

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The announcement comes as France is trying to convince companies that it is a viable center of manufacturing and persuade them to move or at least keep factory jobs there.

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Bank Mandiri hopes to convince other banks' customers to give it a try, and at the same time persuade its own to close accounts elsewhere.

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